Songs We Like

Post 4: Songs We Like: Bleedin Out (New Wave) by Tongues of Fire

I think I grew up with so much New Wave in my brain that I can’t distinguish New Wave from the sounds of birds singing. To me it just sounds good. John says New Wave means ‘catchy’, so clearly he has no idea either. Good job to Tongues of Fire. Find it here.

Song We Like: Everyone’s For Sale by The Disposables

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Pretty, thoughtful production that is complex and spare, like a big empty church. This song is creepy and interesting and it stays in your mind.

Song We Like: The Sea and the Sky by Holiday Music Motel

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It’s really a motel, and they songwriter events four times a year. This song was created by four resident geniuses who were playing spin the bottle. Every single thing about this is great. (Featured on our #43 podcast.)

Song We Like: Moving Pianos by Direct Hit!

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Direct Hit! are four feminist men from Milwaukee who want to sing at you and scream at you. They are so easy to like that we feel not super smart about liking them – most people seem to. (Featured on our #43 podcast.)

Song We Like: Let The Reigns Hang Loose by Roy Arbuckle

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A sixty-something dude from Northern Ireland who sounds like Johnny Cash’s mournful brother. Roy Arbuckle is so legit that John suspects maybe he is fake. Thumbs up! (Featured on our #43 podcast.)

Song We Like: Yesterday is Dead by Fantomex

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Math rock in a digestible form, brought to you by some good looking, aerobically-inclined people from Morganton NC. Just watching their set will give you a workout. (Featured on our #43 podcast.)

Song We Like: Lady Liberty by Dressy Bessy

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A band that does all kinds of rock and roll expression has a Wilson Phillips moment: Big, direct melodies and harmonies get right to the point here. Dressy Bessy has been rocking Denver since 1996. (Featured on our #43 podcast.)

Song We Like: Can’t Do Drugz by Megative

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<a href="http://megative.bandcamp.com/track/cant-do-drugz-like-i-used-to"><span data-mce-type="bookmark" style="display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;" class="mce_SELRES_start"></span>(Like I Used To) by MEGATIVE</a>

Sorry, we’re cooler than you because we found this band before you did. Ha. (Featured on our #42 podcast)

Song We Like: Wales by Voodoo

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Our first Costa Rican band brings you a great, great, great song to lie down on the floor to. Not that we’ve tried lying on the floor and listening to it. But if we had, we could attest that it is a nice experience. Set it to repeat and let it last an hour, like it should. (Featured on our #42 podcast)

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